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Author Description Saint Robert Southwell, SJ (1561? - 1595)<br /><br />Roman Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus, missionary, poet, and martyr.<br /><br />Thrown into the Tower of London for being a Catholic priest during the dark period when Catholicism was outlawed in England, he was tortured thirteen times and finally executed (hung, drawn, and quartered) at Tyburn by order of Queen Elizabeth I.<br /><br />Most literary critics agree that his poetry and prose influenced many figures in English literature, including William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson.

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